MARGATE – The Board of Commissioners Thursday, Sept. 21 permanently tabled a controversial ordinance that would add a boutique hotel as an additional use in a six-block area along the Margate beachfront where several high-rise residential developments already exist. “It’s dead,” Commissioner John Amodeo told the more than 100 people Read more…
MARGATE – The Margate Fire Department swore in a new firefighter Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Board of Commissioners meeting. Timothy Friel was hired through the Civil Service system and replaces a firefighter who retired. He grew up in Linwood, attended Mainland Regional High School and has a bachelor’s Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s Roger B. Hansen Center for Childbirth will hold a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Ceremony noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.13 at the gazebo at Patriot Lake Park, 300 E. Jimmie Leeds Road. The ceremony, which marks National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month, Read more…
The World Famous Atlantic City Boardwalk welcomed dignitaries and new neighbors Thursday, Sept. 20 as Stockton University and ACDevco held a ribbon cutting attended by hundreds of supporters, well-wishers and students. The $178.3 million oceanfront campus was funded in part with bonds issued by the Atlantic County Improvement Authority, a Read more…
MARGATE – An OPRA request filed by a North Jersey attorney on behalf of homeowners who live in a proposed boutique hotel overlay zone along Atlantic Avenue between Cedar Grove and Coolidge avenues, has shed the light on restaurant owner Lou DiVentura’s plans to build a beachfront condo/hotel across from Read more…
MARGATE – After 43 years in ministry with 32 years leading the flock here, Rev. David A. Flemming will retire as head minister of the Margate Community Church effective Oct. 1. The congregation is planning a special dinner in his honor Sunday at Linwood Country Club. “It’s really sad to Read more…
MARGATE – Residents and weekend visitors to the Jersey Shore have a lot to look forward to this weekend with the Margate Business Association’s 18th annual Fall Funfest By The Bay, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22-23. Funfest will be held 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. Read more…
MAYS LANDING –Stockton University’s partnership with the Atlantic County Recovery Court program was recognized Tuesday, Sept. 11 in a ceremony at the Atlantic County Criminal Courts Complex. But, the real winners of the partnership were participants in the program who have benefitted by obtaining job offers at the university and Read more…
DelMo Sports has issued a traffic advisory ahead of this weekend’s Ironman 70.3 Atlantic City triathlon. The triathlon, being held Sunday, Sept. 23, will impact the flow of traffic through Atlantic City, Downbeach, Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville and Egg Harbor Township. The race begins at sunrise with a 1.2-mile sheltered swim Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – The partners who shared responsibility for building the new $178.3 million Stockton University Atlantic City campus. will participate in an official ribbon-cutting at the new campus at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20 at 3701 Boardwalk in front of the new Residential Complex. In case of inclement weather, the Read more…